On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 09:02:11AM -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 8:50 AM, Eric Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > > Mark Knecht wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> From a thread on another list (pro-audio/music oriented) we're > >> thinking about creating our own Live CD. I'd like this at least > >> initially to be based on Gentoo. Are there any good, up-to-date > >> instructions around about how to do this? > >> > >> In Google Books I found something called "Linux Live CDs:Building > >> and Customizing Bootables". It had the following link which is dead. > >> Did it move somewhere? I cannot find it yet. > >> > >> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_build_a_LiveCD_from_Scratch > >> > >> I found this in the forums. Any idea about how well it might work? > >> > >> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=244837 > >> > >> There's a section talking about Catalyst. The first thing is says > >> is that it's not for the casual user. On a scale of 1-10 how difficult > >> is something like this? (I suspect that if I have to ask it's too > >> difficult.) ;-) > >> > >> Also this for general info: > >> > >> http://www.livecdlist.com/wiki/index.php/LiveCD_Creation_Resources > >> > >> Most interesting to me would be something like cloning an already > >> up-and-running system. Is that possible? > >> > >> Thanks in advance, > >> Mark > >> > > > > Cloning a live system is pretty easy. I'm using a live usb boot device > > based off of the gentoo-amd64 minimal cd (and I'm adding more as I go). > > The liveUSB howto [1] on docs.gentoo.org is great and will answer most > > questions. > > > > [1] http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/liveusb.xml > > -- > > Eric Martin > > Key fingerprint = D1C4 086E DBB5 C18E 6FDA B215 6A25 7174 A941 3B9F > > Thanks Eric. I hadn't considered doing it on a USB drive but that's an > interesting idea and the instructions don't look too bad. > > Cheers, > Mark
If you want something easy to create a custom live cd I suggest you to try SystemRescueCD. It is gentoo based annd offers all the tools you need to create a custom cd. I uually run it on a virtual machine and create my livecds. Here are all the info you need: http://www.sysresccd.org/Sysresccd-manual-en_How_to_personalize_SystemRescueCd TopperH =========================== http://topperh.blogspot.com ===========================
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